Re: Frontier::RPC2 bug

On 5/3/06, Craig Manley <[email protected]> wrote:
> I found a bug in Frontier::RPC2. The automatic encoding of scalars
> doesn't conform to the specs when a long string of digits is passed into
> the _scalar method.
>
> The fix is easy.:
>
> Just replace this line....
>
> if ($value =~ /^[+-]?\d+$/) {
>
> with this line....
>
> if (($value =~ /^[+-]?\d{1,10}$/) && ($value <= 2147483647)  && ($value
>  >= -2147483648))  {
>
> Could you please let me know if you plan to fix this?

I'm not maintaining this module anymore, but I'm Cc'ing to the xml-rpc
list in case anyone searches for it.  You might also consider posting
the fix at RT.cpan.org,

    http://rt.cpan.org/Public/Dist/Display.html?Name=Frontier-RPC

That said, I am aware of folks who have used Frontier-RPC with big
integers that don't meet the spec.  A released update should include
an option to allow big ints.

  -- Ken


 
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